Dinesh

{{Infobox given name | name = Dinesh | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = "lord of the day", "Sun" in vedic language | region = South Asia | origin = | related names = | anglicisation = | footnotes = }}

'''Dinesh''' (Devanagari: {{lang|sa|दिनेश}} ''{{IAST|dineśa}}'') is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word ''{{IAST|dineśa}}'' is a compound of ''{{IAST|dina}}'' 'day' and ''{{IAST|īśa}}'' 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun.<ref>{{MWSD}}</ref> Notable people with the name include: * Dinesh, Indian choreographer * Dinesh, Indian film actor * Dinesh Baboo, Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter * Dinesh Chand, Fijian golfer *Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lankan cricketer * Dinesh Chandra Sen, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore * Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American political commentator * Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politician * Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary * Dinesh Hingoo, Indian actor * Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer * Dinesh Lamba, Indian actor * Dinesh Mongia, Indian cricketer * Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Indian governor * Dinesh Nayak, Indian Hockey player * Dinesh Patel, Indian professional baseball player * Dinesh Prasad Singh, Indian politician * Dinesh Rambally, Trinidadian politician * Dinesh Sharma, Indian politician * Dinesh Singh, Indian politician * Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician *Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer

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